| #958757 in Books | 2015-12-03 | 2015-12-03 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 5.67 x.79 x8.50l,.79 | File type: PDF | 304 pages||29 of 38 people found the following review helpful.| good stuff|By A Customer|An important work by the late, missed and brilliant Francois Lyotard. An effective response to Deleuze and Guattari's "Anti-Oedipus", Lyotard almost succeeds in showing the libidinal drives underlying not only the economy but a critique of Marxism too. Here while seemingly accepting Freud's idea of the libido, Lyotard shows how much more complex and s
First published in 1974, Libidinal Economy is a major work of twentieth century continental philosophy. In it, Lyotard develops the idea of economies driven by libidinal 'energies' or 'intensities' which he claims flow through all structures, such as the human body and political or social events. He uses this idea to interpret a diverse range of subjects including political economy, Marxism, sexual politics, semiotics and psychoanalysis. Lyotard also carries out ...
You easily download any file type for your device.Libidinal Economy (Bloomsbury Revelations) | Jean-Francois Lyotard. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
